UNSC Kronstadt

Kronstadt
	Kronstadt in full, deploying drop pods in Operation: GREY VEIL.
Ship history
Name:	Kronstadt
Class:	Diligence-class cruiser
Namesake:	Kronshtadtsky District
Operator:	CMA Navy
Manufacturer:	SinoViet Heavy Machinery
Decommissioned:	Retired decades prior to 2525
Ship history
Name:	Kronstadt
Class:	Diligence-class light destroyer
Namesake:	Kronshtadtsky District
Identification:	DD-993
Operator:	UNSC Navy
Status:	In service as of 2544
General characteristics
Type:	Destroyer
Length:	550 metres (1,800 ft)
Mass:	2.2 million tonnes
Power plant:	Fusion reactor
Maneuver drive:	2 fusion drives
Slipspace drive:	CODEN Series IV Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine
Complement:	M8900 SOIEVs
Troops:	Orbital Drop Shock Troopers
Hull:	Titanium-A armor
Armaments:	1 Mark 33 Spitfire naval autocannon turret; 6 M60 Sentry naval autocannon turrets; 40 M35 Ares missile launchers; 10 M710 Bulwark point defense guns;
Air facilities:	Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle bays

The UNSC Kronstadt, hull classification symbol DD-993, is a Diligence-class light destroyer in the UNSC Navy.^[1]

Service history

Early use

The ship was originally a peacekeeping ship in service with the Colonial Military Authority. Prior to 2525, Kronstadt had been retired for decades. With the dawn of the Human-Covenant War, the UNSC retrieved the vessel from storage and retrofitted it into a warship for service in the conflict against the Covenant.^[1]

Human-Covenant war

In 2544,^[3] Kronstadt was used a deployment platform for the mission Operation: GREY VEIL. During the operation, Kronstadt deployed a squad of Orbital Drop Shock Troopers and a SPARTAN-II commando, Cal-141, via M8900 SOIEV to the Covenant-occupied world of Heian. The commando team infiltrated a former alien settlement, where they engaged several Unggoy and a Jiralhanae chieftain before assassinating a Covenant Prophet. After the mission, which resulted in the deaths of the Spartan and one ODST, the vessel retrieved the survivors.^[4]

Known crew

Office of Naval Intelligence

Unidentified ONI officer

UNSC Marine Corps

Orbital Drop Shock Troopers
- O'Brien
- Cortez
- Checkman
- Taylor Miles

Unknown

Berger

Trivia

In The Babysitter, the Kronstadt's hull classification symbol incorrectly follows its number, being written as 993-DD. The hull classification symbol should precede the number, thus designating the ship DD-993.
Kronstadt is a municipal town in Kronshtadtsky District of St. Petersburg, Russia.

Gallery

A compilation of the panning shot of the Kronstadt, showing the destroyer's full form.
The forward section of Kronstadt.
A view of Kronstadt's engines.
A side view of the ship's M66 Sentry turrets..
The mess hall of the ship.
The ship's CODEN Series IV Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine.^[5]